Starting Out in the Evening

Starting Out in the Evening

111 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 2007

Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for her thesis on his work, her interest forces him to address the issues that he has avoided all these years, and stirs in him feelings he has long forgotten, much to his daughter's consternation.

Starting Out in the Evening

111 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 2007

Starting Out in the Evening
Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for her thesis on his work, her interest forces him to address the issues that he has avoided all these years, and stirs in him feelings he has long forgotten, much to his daughter's consternation.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers
Original title Starting Out in the Evening
Directors Andrew Wagner
Writers Fred Parnes, Andrew Wagner

Cast

Frank Langella

as Leonard Schiller

Lauren Ambrose

as Heather Wolfe

Patti Perkins

as Dolores

Adrian Lester

as Casey Davis

Lili Taylor

as Ariel Schiller

Dennis Parlato

as Author

Jeff McCarthy

as Charles

Michael Cumpsty

as Victor

Jessica Hecht

as Sandra Bennett

Karl Bury

as Frederick

Sean T. Krishnan

as Cab Driver

Thomas Ryan

as Nick

Anitha Gandhi

as Chelsea

Joie Lee

as Second Author

John C. Havens

as Jeff the Doorman

Ali Reza

as Doctor

Jerry Walsh

as Bartender

Joel West

as Waiter